Here's an Intriguing Name

[YoungPA]

Pat Fitzgerald would be interested in leaving Northwestern to coach the beloved. What are your opinions? Is college to NFL too big of a leap for him?

Pat Fitzgerald Reportedly Would Take Bears Job If Offered

Pat Fitzgerald has turned away NFL interest before in recent years, but evidence is mounting that he would make the jump if it's the Bears.

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[Tillman33]

He seems like a good leader and motivator but can he coach offense and call plays? Don’t watch northwester football

 

[Globetrotter]

He seems like a good leader and motivator but can he coach offense and call plays? Don’t watch northwester football

Id rather he have an OC call plays.

 

[dennehy]

He's a defensive guy. I think with a college coach his ability to get top shelf coordinators would be key. He seems like he's got the personality for it, but you never really know. The difference in how you run things from college to pros is large.

 

[msadows]

I'm good, just keep nagy and pace, tank for the #1 pick for the next 3 years, then laugh at people when we become the next great NFL team!

Even if this did happen, and we won 5 superbowls, you'd have nc0gnet0 coming on here to brag about how the lions beat us those 3 years we tanked.

/s

 

[EDPeezy]

I’d hope they could do better than the Northwestern football coach.

lol at the article “Pat Fitzgerald would reportedly take the Bears job if offered” YOU THINK??? You sure he would leave the powerhouse Northwestern for the NFL? What a bold prediction.

You realize he’d take any NFL head coaching job if it was offered? He’d take any NFL job over what he currently has. Am I in some alternate universe where it’s difficult to pull people from the prestigious head coaching job at Northwestern?

 

[truthbedamned]

Remember when everyone was laughing at the Cardinals for hiring Kingsbury?

 

[EDPeezy]

A lot of people think he’s still a pretty bad coach. Plus for every Kingsbury theres 10 Chip Kelly’s.

Despite Kingsbury being below average at Texas Tech the NFL was obsessed with the air raid offense. That’s why he got that job. (I’m assuming he interviews well too) What flavor of the day does Fitzgerald bring? He’s a solid coach at a school where it’s tough to be competitive. Give me a freaking break though. Pat Fitzgerald? No thanks. I need a better track record than making Northwestern respectable.

 

[EDPeezy]

I’d rather have the Iowa St or Indiana coach over Fitzgerald.

I’ve literally never heard of Pat Fitzgerald being linked to big time college jobs or anything NFL related. And now after 13 years of being pretty good at a tough academic school I’m supposed to want him for my NFL team? What? The two guys I’m mentioned are bigger up and comers than Pat Fitzgerald. I’d snap task either of them over Fitzgerald. Those guys will move up to big time programs.

And I know I’ll now be told “Pat turns down other big time jobs” or some other nonsense of that nature. “Pat wants nothing other than the Northwestern or Bears job.”

 

[Montucky]

A lot of people think he’s still a pretty bad coach. Plus for every Kingsbury theres 10 Chip Kelly’s.

Well the success rate of NFL coaching hires overall is pretty dismal. Its why every year about a quarter of the NFL cycles their coaches. You cant really point to one source of NFL coaches as particularly superior to all others. There are countless coordinators who failed as head coaches.

I'd at least give Fitzgerald an interview. See what kind of coordinators he could bring in and what his plan was. He presents a lot of potential, no doubt about it.

 

[ChiKhan]

He only said the bears because he has kids and he doesn't want his family to move. How true you think that is that's for you to decide. We wouldn't even be taking about this if it weren't for Nagy. Looks like everyone sees the inevitable that he will probably be gone after this season.

 

[run and shoot]

We need a HC that has produced on offense


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[Montucky]

We need a HC that has produced on offense

We really dont. This idea that an "offensive guru" head coach or offensive coordinator is going to come into Chicago and revolutionize the Bears anemic passing game has been tried about a dozen times in my adult life. It has failed each time without exception. The only successful head coach the Bears have seen since Mike Ditka was a defensive guy who over time grew into more of a delegator.

 

[run and shoot]

run and shoot said:
We need a HC that has produced on offense

We really dont. This idea that an "offensive guru" head coach or offensive coordinator is going to come into Chicago and revolutionize the Bears anemic passing game has been tried about a dozen times in my adult life. It has failed each time without exception. The only successful head coach the Bears have seen since Mike Ditka was a defensive guy who over time grew into more of a delegator.

LOL....ok first off.....I never said we a need, as u put it...... "an offensive guru" head coach or offensive coordinator is going to come into Chicago and revolutionize the Bears anemic passing game". Right? That's your narrative. ?

I said " We need a HC that has produced on offense".
Furthermore......We can't survive in today's NFL with mediocre 10 to 20 point production per game. We can't survive in today's NFL ranked near the bottom in offensive production.

 

[Montucky]

run and shoot said:
We need a HC that has produced on offense




LOL....ok first off.....I never said we a need, as u put it...... "an offensive guru" head coach or offensive coordinator is going to come into Chicago and revolutionize the Bears anemic passing game". Right? That's your narrative. ?

I said " We need a HC that has produced on offense".
Furthermore......We can't survive in today's NFL with mediocre 10 to 20 point production per game. We can't survive in today's NFL ranked near the bottom in offensive production.

The way you look at this is how the Bears wind up spinning their wheels for three years with another Matt Nagy. Productive offense comes from players. Its a fair assumption that the best offenses in the league will be the offenses with the best players, not necessarily the best coaches.

Not saying coaching isn't really important. Good coaching gets the most out of every guy on the roster. But that could mean taking the twenty-eighth best offensive roster and making it the seventeenth most productive offense. Those are kind of arbitrary figures, but you get what I mean.

If the Bears hired Eric Bieniemy and then didn't hire Pat Mahomes, Tyreek Hill, Travis Kelce, Clyde Edwards-Helaire or the entire Kansas City offensive line would you expect Kanasas City's offensive success to follow Bieniemy to Chicago?

 

[Bearly]

I’d hope they could do better than the Northwestern football coach.

lol at the article “Pat Fitzgerald would reportedly take the Bears job if offered” YOU THINK??? You sure he would leave the powerhouse Northwestern for the NFL? What a bold prediction.

You realize he’d take any NFL head coaching job if it was offered? He’d take any NFL job over what he currently has. Am I in some alternate universe where it’s difficult to pull people from the prestigious head coaching job at Northwestern?

Article said he's garnered NFL interest in the past so no. Don't know much about him but it's difficult to ignore what he's done at NW with a deck stacked against him in terms of recruiting and scholastic requirements.

 

[EDPeezy]

Article said he's garnered NFL interest in the past so no. Don't know much about him but it's difficult to ignore what he's done at NW with a deck stacked against him in terms of recruiting and scholastic requirements.

What does that even mean? Somebody considered interviewing him once? He turned down a job? I’d be willing to bet it falls more in line with the former.

I like how in your head “garnered NFL interest” means he’s turned down jobs. Lol okay.

id bet any body any amount of money Pat Fitzgerald has never been offered an NFL head coaching job.

 

[msadows]

We really dont. This idea that an "offensive guru" head coach or offensive coordinator is going to come into Chicago and revolutionize the Bears anemic passing game has been tried about a dozen times in my adult life. It has failed each time without exception. The only successful head coach the Bears have seen since Mike Ditka was a defensive guy who over time grew into more of a delegator.

See, thats the problem. Nagy has the potential to be a good coach. He's a great personality, great leader, instills a great culture, etc. His team genuinely likes him, and they play hard for him.

Issue is he's football stupid. He can't recognize his deficiencies, or his teams deficiencies, until its too late.

 

[EDPeezy]

I’m not saying Pat Fitzgerald can’t be a good NFL head coach. I don’t really know. I know I’m just looking for something bigger than “he did well at the local university” this isn’t some freaking local boy hero story shit. “lets give him a shot” like the bears are a freaking high school team or something. I want somebody with a resume and track record. If Pat Fitzgerald wants to be considered for an NFL head coaching job then move up the ladder. Take a big job and prove it. I’m not into taking a risk on the northwestern head football coach because he’s local and people like his attitude. FFS man, what is this? Pat Fitzgerald?

 

[Montucky]

See, thats the problem. Nagy has the potential to be a good coach. He's a great personality, great leader, instills a great culture, etc. His team genuinely likes him, and they play hard for him.

Issue is he's football stupid. He can't recognize his deficiencies, or his teams deficiencies, until its too late.

I think even the "playing hard" thing has gone away. Bears spend a lot of time walking around before the whistle. Its a far departure from those swarming Lovie Smith teams.

But I agree, he can be a good coach. It wont happen with the Bears but some day it certainly could.